Baling-press



PATENT OFFICE.

PETER K. DEDERIOK, E ALBANY, NEW YORK.

BALING-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 24o,eea,;aatea May a, 1881.

Application filed J annary 27, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER. K. DEDERICK, of Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in

IQ which- Figure l is a side elevation of a press embodying my improvements; Fig. 2, a detail view, illustrating the power mechanism. Fig. 3 isa plan view of the variable gears; Figs. 4

1 5 and 5, views of modifications of the gears. Fig.

6 is a view of the traverser; and Fig. 7 a sectional View, showing the improved folder.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures denote the same parts. i

This invention relates particularly to improvements in that class of baling-presses known as perpetual or continuous presses covered by Patents Nos. 132,566 and 132,639, granted to me October 29, 1872, and by vari- 2 5 ous other patents granted me since that date.

Theinvention consists, first, in an improved folder for folding or doubling down thelocks of hay which overlap the traverser.

It further consists in certain improvements 0 in the traverser; and it consists, finally, in the novel form of the gears.

In the drawings, A is the bale-chamber of the press; B,the press-box; O, the powerframe; E, horizontal timbers, and F uprights or posts, which connect the power-frame to the press proper, and C truss-rods or braces, that may be used to impart greater strength to the structure. R is the traverser, and P the rectangular frame which connects the trav- 0 erser with the power mechanism.

The press is mounted on trucks W W, and

The press may be fed either at the top top and bottom pieces, B 13?, and the side piece 13 are rigid, while the side piece B is hinged at its inner edge and connected at its outer edge by rods 1) b to a lateral extension or bracket, 4, oni the rear of the traverser.

When the traverser moves forward the movable part B swings open, so as to permit a charge of loose material to be pitched into the hopper, and when the traverser moves back the part B closes in: toward the opposite rigid piece B though notin contact therewith, thus compressing or condensing the charge of material, so that the operator may, by introducing a hay-forkoi' other suitable instrument,

readily push thecharge into the press-box in front of the traverser. The feeding of the press is thus facilitated.

The traverser R is constructed with a spring or hinged side, U, as shown in Fig. 6., and between this spring or hinged side and the body of the traverser is placed a spring composed of three leaves, 4) 1; c brought together at their tween the other two leaves; but in small traversers it may be dispensed with altogether. Beveled or wedge-shaped blocks o o are inserted between the inner end of the leaves or and the leaf 4], and are capable of adjustment back and forth longitudinally of the leaves by means of rods r '0 passing longitudinally through the traverser and having nuts o v on theirends. Theadvantageofthisarrangement is that when the overlapped hay crowds the side piece U inward the leaves '0 '0 together spring only as much as the side U, .or, in other words, each of said leaves a o springs only half as much as the side U, and hence they do not 5 lose their flexibility so soon, but operate bettertoforcethesitleUback toitsplace. Should the leaves '1: o lose a portion} of their elasticity by long use, itican be restored by screwing up the nuts o and causing the wedgeshaped Ioo blocks to spread them wider apart.

The folder is {shown in Fig- 7 and consists of a bar or block, F, hinged at f to the presscase, and press d inward by a spring, F

When the traEverser moves forward with the charge of materiial the folder is moved up; but

when it returns the folder sweeps off the overlapping lock of hay and folds it down.

Instead of operating the folder by a spring, as shown, it may be operated by a slide or shoe connected to the traverser or power mechanism.

The power mechanism is shown clearly in Fig.2, Hbeing the power-shaft; I, thelug-plate with which the horse lever or sweep engages; K, the driving or power gear secured to the power-shaft; L, the crank-gear, meshing with the power-gear; M, the crank, and O the pitman connecting the crank with the rectangular frame or gate P, secured to the traverser R, as before explained. The crank and the pitman, when broughtto a line, operate as a toggle, and exert a powerful pressure on the material in front of the traverser.

The construction of the power-gear K and crank-gearLis peculiar. Power-gear Kis of oblong form, with its ends circular, or nearly circular, and its sides straight, or nearly straight, at the pitch-line, while the crank-gear L is of oval form, with its axis near its smaller end, as shown. The gears are so proportioned that one revolution of gear K causes two revolutions of the gear L, and consequently two strokes of the crank and traverser. When the pressing is being done one of the sides of the gear K operates in connection with that portion of the periphery of gear L which is farthest from its axis, and thus increases the power; but upon the traverser reversing one of the ends of the gear K operates in connection with the portion of the gear L which is nearestits axis, and thus increases the velocity.

In my Patent No. 134,592, of January 7, 1873, the gears are of elliptical form and the power-gear is twice as large as the-crank-gear. Such arrangement gives a variable power and two revolutions of the crank-gear to one of the power-gear, as in the present invention but in the present invention the straight sides of f the gear K enable the teeth to be brought closer to the axis of said gear K, and consequently greater power results than when the elliptical gear is used, while the oval form of gear L'also enables the teeth to be brought closer to the axis of said gear at the end which is nearest said axis than where a purely-elliptical gear is used, as in the patent referred to, and consequently greater speed is obtained when the traverser is reversing. The crank M is so arranged as to be off its center or out of line with the pitman O-at the time when the gears are exerting their greatest power; or, in other words, when the gears are exerting their greatest power the toggle formed by the crank and the pitman is bent and in a position Where it aids but little in applying the power of the gears. As the power of the gears decreases, however, the toggle straightens out or operates to exert its greatest power. The gears and toggle, it will therefore be seen, cooperate to somewhat distribute the power and apply it for a longer time, and thereby enable larger sections of material to be pressed.

The crank M and gear L are preferably constructed in one piece and mounted loosely on a fixed shaft, H; but they may be made separate and each rigidly connected to said shaft, and the latter allowed to revolve, and the result will be the same.

The gears K L are re enforced or made thicker at the points where they are subjected to the greatest strainto wit, from 3 to y and from 3 to 3 on gear K, and from 00 to m on gear L, as shown in Fig. 3-for the purpose of increasin g the strength of the gears, and also elevating their point of contact, so that there will be less wind or twist on the crank and gears. The teeth of the gears may all be of the'same length, or the corner teeth may be longer, as shown in Fig. 3, or both longer and wider, as shown in Fig. 4, or the teeth maybe graduated, as in Fig. 5.

I have shown the power-gear in rear of the crank-wheel; but I also propose to construct presses with the power-gear between the crankwheel and the press-chamber, and so that the pitman shall vibrate over it, and thus enable a short horse-lever to be used that will rotate on a farmers barn-floor. This would of course necessitate the removal of the upper support of the power-shaft; but sufficient support could be secured by the power-plate being provided with a hub or projection on both sides, and the power-wheel beingdished to receive the hub on the under side.

' A permanent canvas covering or root, Z, is placed over the press and supported by the frame thereof, for the purpose of protecting the press audits operatives.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with the traverser having the spring or hinged side U, of the springleaves v 11 spread apart at theirouter ends and operating to press outward the side U, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the traverser having the spring or hinged side U, of the springleaves c12 spread apart at their outer ends and operating to press outward the side U, and the intermediate leaf, 1;, which acts as a guard to prevent the material from entering between the other two leaves, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the traver'ser,-of the spring-leaves o a a wedges v v, and the rods and adjusting-nuts, substantially as described.

4. The oblong power gear K, having substantially straight sides and rounded ends, and re-enforced or made thicker at the points where it is subjected to the greatest strain, in combination with the crank-gear L, similarly reenforced, and with the crank, the pitman, and the traverser, substantially as described.

5. The oblong power-gear having substantially straight sides and rounded ends, and the oval crank-gear, in combination with the crank, the pitman, and the traverser.

Witnesses: P. K. DEDERIOK.

W. A. SKINKLE, O. R. DEDERICK.

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